{"product_id":"secrecy-and-community-in-21st-century-fiction-paperback","title":"Secrecy and Community in 21st-Century Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaría J. López\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePilar Villar-Argáiz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSecrecy and Community in 21st-Century Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e examines the relation between secrecy and community in a diverse and international range of contemporary fictional works in English. In its concern with what is called 'communities of secrecy', it is fundamentally indebted to the thought of Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Nancy and Maurice Blanchot, who have pointed to the fallacies and dangers of identitarian and exclusionary communities, arguing for forms of being-in-common characterized by non-belonging, singularity and otherness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso drawing on the work of J. Hillis Miller, Derek Attridge, Nicholas Royle, Matei Calinescu, Frank Kermode and George Simmel, among others, this volume analyses the centrality of secrets in the construction of literary form, narrative sequence and meaning, together with their foundational role in our private and interpersonal lives and the public and political realms. In doing so, it engages with the Derridean ethico-political value of secrecy and Derrida's conception of literature as the exemplary site for the operation of the unconditional secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaría J. López\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer of English at the University of Córdoba, Spain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePilar Villar-Argáiz\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer of British and Irish Literatures at the University of Granada, Spain.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42098640093319,"sku":"9781501372193","price":77.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/2d25fb230b36f1fea8217674b1fe3b4c.webp?v=1732365518","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/secrecy-and-community-in-21st-century-fiction-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}